Mop-holder.



J. H. LEPPART.

MOP HOLDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 18. 1916.

Paw tented July 25, 1916.

JOHN H. LEPPABT, OF HOME, NEW YORK.

MOP-HOLDER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 25, 1916.

Application filed March 18, 1916. Serial No. 85,078.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it lrnown that 1, JOHN H. LEPPAR'I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Rome, in the county of Oneida and State of New York, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements in Mop Holders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in a mop holder especially adapted for cleaning flushingbowls of toilets and bed pans and one of its objects is the provision of a device of this character, which shall be simple, durable and efiicient, and which may be manufactured and sold at a comparatively low cost.

Another object of this invention is to provide a sleeve having a downwardly and outwardly inclined stationary jaw formed thereon of substantially circular formation to which is pivoted a movable jaw for cooperation with the downwardly inclined jaw to grip a piece of cloth or any other suitable material to provide a mop.

A further object of this invention is to provide the stationary jaw with a down- \vardly inclined serrated gripping face for cooperation with the serrated gripping face of the pivoted jaw to elliciently grip the cloth or other piece of materialto prevent it from pulling between the jaws when in A still further object of this invention is to provide a curved rod secured to the pivoted jaw and passing upwardly through the stationary aw and pivotally secured to an operating lever having a cam action carried by the sleeve for drawing the pivoted jaw upwardly into an engagement with the stationary jaw and lock said pivoted jaw against movement, to prevent the mop cloth from becoming accidentally disengaged from the jaws.

With these and other objects in view as will become more apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction, com bination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in wh1ch:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a mop holder, constructed in accordance with my lnvention, Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the stationary jaw removed from the handle, Flg. A is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 4- of Fig. 1, and Fig. 5 is a fragmentary longitudinal sectional view of the stationary jaw, illustrating the downwardly inclined serrated gripping face.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the numeral 1 indicates a handle and 2 an eyebolt for suspending the handle 1 on a hook or nail when not in use. A sleeve 3 consisting of sections 4 and 5 is secured to the end of the handle 1 by a set screw passing through the sections a and 5 of the sleeve 3 and the handle 1.

Formed on the lower end of the section 1 of the sleeve 3 is a downwardly and outwardly inclined stationary jaw 7 of substantially circular formation, having its gripping face curved downwardly as illustrated at 8 and provided with a plurality of notches 9 to form a serrated gripping face.

Formed on the section 4; of the sleeve 3 is a projection 10 which is apertured to receive a pin 11. A substantially circular jaw 12 18 provided with relatively spaced ears 13 which are apertured to receive the pin 11 upon each side of the projection 10, to provide a hinged jaw. The hinged jaw 12 is provided with a plurality of notches 14 to provide a serrated gripping face to co operate with the serrated gripping face of the stationary jaw 7. A projection 15 is "formed on the hinged jaw 12 adjacent the cars 13 and oppositely disposed thereto.

The projection 15 is apertured and has one end of a curved rod 16 secured thereto, which extends upwardly through the stationary jaw 7 An apertured lug 17 is formed on the section 5 of the sleeve 3 and has pivotally secured thereon an operating lever 18 to which the free end of the rod 16 is secured. The operating lever 18 is bent at right angles intermediate its ends to provide a handle. 19 for swinging the op erating lever upon its pivot.

In operation, a piece of mop cloth or other suitable material (not shown) is placed between the jaws 7 and 12 and by pulling up wardly upon the operating lever 18, the

hinged jaw 12 will be brought into an engagement with the stationary jaw 7 and locked by the cam action of the operating lever 18. The devicethen may be used to clean out any article or receptacle and when the mop cloth becomes soiled it may be dropped directly into a fire and destroyed construction, combination and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A mop holder comprising a handle, a sleeve detachably secured to one end of the handle, a substantially circular jaw formed on the lower end of the sleeve and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom, a substantially circular jaw pivoted to the sleeve adjacent the stationary jaw, said jaws provided with a plurality of notches to form serrated gripping faces, and means carried by the handle and secured to the movable jaw for bringing said jaw into engagement with the stationary jaw.

2. A mop holder comprising a handle, a sleeve detachably secured to the lower end of the handle, a substantially circular jaw formed on the sleeve and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom, said jaw provided with its edges curved downwardly and notched to provide serrating gripping faces, a movable jaw pivoted to the sleeve adjacent the stationary jaw and provided with a plurality of notches to provide a serrated gripping face, and means oarriedby the sleeve and extending to the stationary jaw and secured to the pivoted jaw for moving said vpivoted jaw into an engagement with the stationary jaw.

3. A mop holder comprising a handle, a pair of sections secured to-the lower end of the handle to form a sleeve, a substantially circular jaw formed on one of said sections and extending downwardly and outwardly therefrom to provide a stationary jaw, a

projection formed on the last mentioned section of the sleeve adjacent the stationary jaw, a substantially circular jaw pivoted on the lower end of said sleeve to provide a movable jaw, a curved rod secured to the movable jaw and extending to the stationary jaw, and means carried by one of the sections of the sleeve and connected to the free end of the curved rod for moving the movable jaw into an engagement with the stationary jaw.

4. A mop holder comprising a handle, a sleeve detachably secured to the lower end of the handle, a substantially circular jaw formed on the lower end of the sleeve and extending downwardly and outwardly tov provide a stationary jaw, a movable jaw pivotally secured to the lower endof the sleeve adjacent the stationary jaw, said jaws provided with notches to form serrated gripping faces, an operating lever pivotally secured to the sleeve adjacent the upper end thereof, a curved rod" pivotally secured to the movable jaw and extending upwardly through the stationary jaw and secured to the operating lever for moving the movable jaw into an engagement with the stationary jaw when the operating lever is swung upwardly.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN H. LEPPART.

Witnesses: I

RICHARD G. S. HowLANn, LYLE J. HOWLAND.

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Washington, D. O. V 

